Belt and tape cutter



Feb. 13, 1940. w. sPRRY BELT AND TAPE CUTTER Filed June 27. 1938 ATTORNEYS Patentedreb. 13, 1940 2,190,049 '4 t a-iso,o4s Y vintimAND "rnc fournie l Walter Sperry, GrandRapids, Micha assignorto Clipper lBelt Lacer CompanygvGrand' Rapids,

Mich., a corporatonof MichiganA l Application .me ganisssgsensi 216,015 d f 13 claims. (Crisi-73) This invention relates ,to improvement-sin' ,beit Referring" to th. drawirig., the .reference .m1-

and tape cutters. d meral I in general indicatesthe device oi thej The main objects of this invention are; invention which .comprises` a y,suitable lbase or First, to provide a device for cutting belts andy standard .j2` here consisting. ,of a `pair ofk oppo- 5 tapes regardless of the thickness thereof.` f sitelyV disposed. angulariembrs 3, the Vertical Second, to provide a device having a work sup-V webs -ll'fof which are secured `together in spaced porting table and a cutter bar reciprocable transt relation by suitable'rivets' 'and spacers ,generally versely of the table with means for adjusting the `desigiffiated 5. Thisy provides atransverse chamrelation of the cutter bar to` work supportedon ber or spacej within 'which certain `elements .f

l0 the table whereby to accommodate work of vary-'- to bey described arejdisposed. L t 10 A ing thicknessr with equal facility. el;k t The base members areprovided with `iiange's 'I Third, to provide a device having a Work table toA which the table meinbersd are suitably sefor supporting a belt or tape to be severed and a cured. These tablemembers are Slightly` Spaed cutter bar having an adjustable support tovary relativetoone anotherto .provide a slot 9` ex-` ]5 5 the relative position of the work andbanu.,A tendingftransversely of theItable and directly Objects relating to details and economies of over the chamber 6 of the base. ,This slot 9 is the invention will appear from the description l. adapted to receive the"A cutter blade during the to follow. The invention is defined and pointed cutting stroke thereof aswill be described. out in the claims. t `The table elements@ areprovided with work 259 A preferred embodiment ofthe invention isilgauging or positioningfences I0 against 'which 2Q l lustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichf: the work II .restsythework illustrated being a Fig.. 1 iS a 60p Perspective View of ardevice embelt or tape which isconventionally illustrated bodying the invention. y d inFig. 1. i" I Y i d. f M Fig. 2 isa View in side elevation .l partially The cutter bladel I2'.is mounted on therearend broken away and in section illustrating details of the .cutter bar I3 which is slidablelongitudif of the construction of the device, parts of which nally inthe combined cutter bar and work holder are indicated in dotted lines in a position oc-` member I4. This is'` preferably inthe formlof` al` cupied thereby during the operation ofthe .de-f channel or housing 'duitesimilar to that illus-d vice. Y l trated and described in the aforesaid patent to Fig. 3 is a view in section online 3.-,3 of Fig, Diamondand therefore is not described with fur- `30 2, and l j ther detail herein.` A j l l Fig. 4 is a view in section on line 4.-.-4- of Fig. 2. d The cutterv barl I3 @consists of fapairv ofV bar-` The present invention relates to belt or tape like members .I6 between which the blade `I2 is cutting devices of the type illustrated, in the inserted,` the meinberl 6 being provided with regpatent to James K. Diamond, No. 2,117,153,V rdated istering apertures .and lugs orstuds I1 which 35 May l0, 1933, wherein a work supporting and poengage corresponding recesses in the blade to sitioning table is provided having a slot therein support thelatter in a rearwardly inclined posi.-V to receive a cutter blade for actuation of the .Y tion with the edge ofthe blade extendingdownlatter transversely of and through work sup- Y wardly ,from the cutter bar and belowthe lower '4.0 ported on the table. In the said patent, the edge oi thecutter bar holder and clamp member 4 blade is carried by a cutter bar slidable in a I4,-seeFig.,2. d t f holder which is pivoted to the` standard of the The member I4 has at its free endadownwardly device. l f t t extending guard `I8 constituted by the bracket I9 In the cutting of woven belts and tapesgtit is which is riveted tothe member I4 at 20 andwhich,` d'

highly desirable that they be clamped upon the l overhangs the'work rest or `fence Ill when the 45 work table throughoutthe width thereof',` and combined `cutter bar holderl and work clamp is l". have found that in the cutting of belts of sub in operative position relative to the table as stantial variation in thickness it is a matter of shown by dotted lines inFig.-2. The `fence I0 great advantage to support the combined cutter is cut away adjacent the slot to receive the vmein#` t u bar and work clamp or holder in an effective ber I4 when it is in work clamping position. 50`

l manner so that it may be adjusted into parallel- 'One of the cutter bar members I6 is provided ism with a table and in clamping relation to work with a longitudinal groove 2l which cooperates of substantially varying thicknesses. This Ihave l with the end of a stop 22 threaded into the guard p accomplished in the embodiment of my invention I8.This is also substantially as illustrated in illustrated inthe accompanying drawing. the Diamond patent; l f l 55 vided at its rear end with a pair of downwardly projecting pivot ears or extensions 23 which extend into the space or chamber of the base. 'I'hese ears are pivotally mounted at 23| on the longitudinally disposed lever-like supporting bar l25 which is pivoted at 26 for vertical swinging engagement with the end of the supporting bai-'Ji When this thumb screw is released, the support,y

ing bar is free to swing up and down 'and thus raise or lower the pivot for'the combined .cutter bar holder and clamping member I 4. Thispermits the work holderl to be swung down into' clampingpcsition with the work-as indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 2 and into parallel relation with the table so that it clamps `the-'workv throughout the. width thereof, the, Divot being raisedr as the thickness'of the work increases and vice versa. Y

When it is desiredto screw is loosened, the., member `|4 swung down into clampingposition'and in parallel relation with the table and the thumb .screw .tightened with the work holder inlits' work clampingposition. This adjusts it sothat it effectively. clamps any work of a thickness for which itis 'adjusted or approximating that thickness.

The spring 29 is provided for automatically,

urging the member I4 to'its `retract.ed position. This spring is secured atf2| to the base member and at. 3| to the lower'endsof the fears ,Au

stop 33 is providedfor thefmember I4,

The cutter par is provided .with en upwrdiy projecting .nger piece 32-which is adapted to -be grasped so that a pull lthereon first brings the member i4 into clamping.engagement. .with the-work and then actuatesfthe-cutterbar.r

Structures Aembodying my improvemntsarehighly eiective ior the cutting of belts/ andlwell adapted forvthe cuttingV of woven fabric A,belts cleanly`.which is 'im'portant asfanyl` projecting strands are likely to become entangled in machinery and thus cause ravelingfand other diil-. culties.

vMy device is extremely simple in its parts and yet provides an effective meansv fonpositiomng the cutter bar holder and. workplampffor the best possible engagement of the same ,with the work. Moreover, in adjusted. position, a rigid,- support is provided for holder and `work clamp,v

and the adjustment whereby various'relations of the holder and clamp to the table areeffected is easy and quickly accomplished. Y.

Having thus described my-inventionwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by' Letters P atent, is:

1. A belt and tape cutting device comprising a standard, a work table on said standard havinga slot therein, aecutter blade `reciprocable in ,said slot transversely of the table,. means. for mounting said blade comprising a cutter bar on which the blade is mounted, a holder slidably enclosing the bar and having means for guiding said barV forv longitudinal movement transversely ofv rthe work, said holder being adapted to clamping ly engage the work duringr the'cutting operation,

and means for adjustably mounting said combined holder and clamp comprising a lever medially pivoted on said standardbeneath said work .table and slot therein and pivotedv fatzioneiendr eine the: mattei@ a particular pieceA ofjvork, v'the thumbnutor 2,190,049 j The cutter bar holder and work clamp is projustablyvmounting said combined guide means and v'clampcomprising va lever medially pivoted :oni-,said standard ybeneath saidwork table and Tpivoted' at oneend to said combined means and clamp',"and vmeans for adjusting and securing `said lever to s aid standard in diierent angular positions whereby to alter the relation of the come binedf means and clamp to the work table.

.3, A belt andtape cutting device comprising a'work table, a standard for supporting said table, a cutter blade .reciprocable transversely of the table, aguide for said blade, and means for adjusting sai'dfguide relative to the table to maintain vthe path ofy said blade in parallelism with the worksupporting surface of the table comprising .a supporting bar pivoted to the standard and to the guide, and means for clamping the I supporting ba'r 'in adjusted angular position.

4.' A lbelt and tape cutting device comprising a work support, a cutter blade reciprocable transverselyof the'support, a guide for said blade, a-ndmeans for adjustably pivoting said guide relative to rvthel support to enable the guide to be swung into clamping engagement with work on the suppc'rty and to maintain the path of said bladefin parallelism with the surface of the support comprising a supporting bar pivoted to the support andto the guide, and means for securingthe supporting bar in adjusted angular position'. i

"5.'A cutting device for belts, tapes and the like comprising a` work table, a cutter, a combined 'cutter' V`guide and work clamp, said combined guide and clamp being pivoted relative to the table and work supported thereon to enable the guide and clamp to be swung into operative position relative to the work to clamp the same, said cutter being reciprocable transversely ot the work in said guide, and means for pivotally mounting said guide and clamp relative to thetable, said last named means including means pivoted relative to the table for adjusting the pivot point of the guide and clamp.

6; A cutting device for belts, tapes and the like comprising a work table having a slot therein, av cutter reciprocable transversely of the table in said slot, a, combined cutter guide and work clamp, lsaid combined guide and clamp being pivoted relativev tothe table and work supported thereon lto enable the guide and clamp to be swung into operative position relative to the Work tov clamp the same, and means for pivotally mounting said guide and clamp relative to the table whereby to permit adjustment of the former-to assure that the path of the cutter is parallel to the surface ot the table, said last named means-including means pivoted relative to the table for adjusting the pivot point of the guide and clamp: 1

'7. The combination with a work table, of a supportingI bar Vpivotally mounted below and transversely of said table, a combined cutter bar and workholder member pivotally mounted on the rear end of said supporting bar so that when the supportingbar is free to swing on its pivot the holder member may be swung into work clamping position :upon work of different thicknesses and into parallel relation to the plane of the table, means for clamping the front end of said supporting bar in its adjusted positions, and a cutter mounted in said holder member for reciprocatory movement longitudinally thereof.

8. A belt and tapecutting device ycomprising a work table having a transverse slot therein, a cutter reciprocable in said slot transversely of the table, a holder member in whichz said cutter is reciprocatingly mounted adapted to clamp the work during the cutting operation, meansfor adjustably mounting said holder member comprising a pivoted supporting bar on which said supporting member is pivoted, and means for securing said supporting bar in its adjusted positions.

9. The combination with a Work table, of a supporting member adjustably `mounted at the rear of said table, a combined cutter bar and Work holder member pivotally mounted on said supporting member so that when the supporting member is freed from its securing `means the holder member may be swung into work clamping position upon work of dierent thicknesses in parallel relation to the plane of the table, means including an actuating member disposed at the front of thetable for securing `said supporting member in its adjusted-positions, and a cutterl mounted on said holder member for reciprocatory movement longitudinally thereof. j

l0. The combination with a worktable, or a combined cutter and work holder member, a

supporting bar pivotally mounted below said work table, said holder member being pivotally mounted on said supporting bar, means for securing said supporting bar in its adjusted angular positions, and a cutter mounted on said holder member for reciprocating movement longitudinally thereof.

11. The combination with a work table, of a combined cutter and work holder member, a pivotally mounted supporting member, said holder member being pivotally mounted on said porting member in its adjusted angular positions,

and a cutter mounted on said holder member for reciprocating movement longitudinally thereof.

l2. The combination with a work table, of a combined cutter and work holder' member,` a'

supporting member on which saidholder member is pivotally mounted adjacent the rear of the table, said suppcrtingmember being mounted for adjustment relative tothe plane of the table,

means actuated adjacent the front of the table` `vertically adjustable support member, a work holder member pivotally mounted on said support member adjacent the rear of the table to be swung into work clamping position upon work of different thickness,` means disposed adjacent the front of the table for securing said support member in `its adjusted positions, and a cutter .slidably mounted on said holder member.

WALTER SPERRY.`

f supporting member, means forsecuring said sup- 

